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36.1.2 View Objects
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5765' xml:id='l2h-5765' class="method">Execute</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>params=None</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Execute the SQL query of the view, through <tt class="cfunction">MSIViewExecute</tt>.
  <var>params</var> is an optional record describing actual values
  of the parameter tokens in the query.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5766' xml:id='l2h-5766' class="method">GetColumnInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>kind</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Return a record describing the columns of the view, through
  calling <tt class="cfunction">MsiViewGetColumnInfo</tt>. <var>kind</var> can be either
  <code>MSICOLINFO_NAMES</code> or <code>MSICOLINFO_TYPES</code>.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5767' xml:id='l2h-5767' class="method">Fetch</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Return a result record of the query, through calling
  <tt class="cfunction">MsiViewFetch</tt>.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5768' xml:id='l2h-5768' class="method">Modify</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>kind, data</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Modify the view, by calling <tt class="cfunction">MsiViewModify</tt>. <var>kind</var>
  can be one of  <code>MSIMODIFY_SEEK</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_REFRESH</code>,
  <code>MSIMODIFY_INSERT</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_UPDATE</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_ASSIGN</code>,
  <code>MSIMODIFY_REPLACE</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_MERGE</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_DELETE</code>,
  <code>MSIMODIFY_INSERT_TEMPORARY</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE</code>,
  <code>MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE_NEW</code>, <code>MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE_FIELD</code>, or
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<var>data</var> must be a record describing the new data.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5769' xml:id='l2h-5769' class="method">Close</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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  Close the view, through <tt class="cfunction">MsiViewClose</tt>.
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  <p class="heading">See Also:</p>

  <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle">
    <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewexecute.asp"
        >MsiViewExecute</a></em></dt>
    <dd></dd>
  </dl>
  <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle">
    <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewgetcolumninfo.asp"
        >MSIViewGetColumnInfo</a></em></dt>
    <dd></dd>
  </dl>
  <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle">
    <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewfetch.asp"
        >MsiViewFetch</a></em></dt>
    <dd></dd>
  </dl>
  <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle">
    <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewmodify.asp"
        >MsiViewModify</a></em></dt>
    <dd></dd>
  </dl>
  <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle">
    <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewclose.asp"
        >MsiViewClose</a></em></dt>
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